Just As I Thought
Fun Stuff

Portrait of the Artist

Ah, that day when my friends Sara and Lance and I went to the Hirshhorn gallery to see the Laurie Anderson exhibit, and turned around to discover that we were being followed by… Laurie Anderson.

April 24, 2023
Fun Stuff

Physics is fun

This morning, when I poured the coffee into my mug first, then the cream second — the reverse of how I usually do it — this was the bizarre result.

August 25, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Just plain scary

If this doesn’t terrify you, I don’t know what will: What does the Religious Right need in the 2004 elections to achieve their political goals? President Bush needs to be re-elected, Republicans need to gain  [more...]

August 24, 2004
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Our seedy past

Here’s some history that I was completely unaware of, and it happened right in my hometown 37 years ago today. The leader of the American Nazi party, George Lincoln Rockwell, has been shot and killed by a sniper  [more...]

August 24, 2004
Right = Wrong

Say again?

I’m suspicious of Dick Cheney’s statements today. He’s certainly not the most trustworthy guy to come down the pike, and for him to even give the appearance of breaking with the administration’s  [more...]

August 24, 2004
Right = Wrong

Qualifications

The other day, the Washington Post ran a long article about the whole Kerry said, Republicans said Vietnam story, showing that both sides were technically lying. Howard Kurtz quotes Michael Tomasky in the American  [more...]

August 24, 2004
The War with the Customer

Headlines of the obvious, part 53

An actual headline on the front page of washingtonpost.com: Soda, Punch May Hurt Health Study: Women who drink soda, fruit punch daily risk weight gain, diabetes Did we need a study of more than 50,000 U.S. nurses to  [more...]

August 24, 2004